Cochrane prepares to host another exciting Heritage Day

This year's Heritage Day Festival has a full lineup of new acts. "We're taking this festival, hauling it out of the closet, dusting it off and shining it up and creating it a little bit bigger, a little bit better," said festival organizer Brooks Tower.[...]

Enterprising in Maupin

Maupins economy is based almost entirely on its one major asset the Deschutes River. Important access points for whitewater rafters, kayakers, anglers, and bird watchers abound along the river.

From the sidelines

Barely a month has gone past since the NCAA turned the University of Southern Californias football program into a smoking crater for the next two years, and now that the smoke from that bombs started to clear, the fallout has drifted to the Old South and even more big-name football powers.

Les Cockrell: Cowboy celebration to feature craftsmen

Organizers have rounded up several fun activities to celebrate the sixth annual National Day of the American Cowboy from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Denton's Western Heritage Gallery, but the event also should provide some unique educational opportunities for area families.

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